Dee Marshall to Host The Annual Win, Rock & Rule Women’s Empowerment Event
Coach, author and TV Personality, Dee Marshall, is back with the seventh installment of Win, Rock & Rule Women’s Empowerment on Thursday, March 30th at the Prudential Tower Kiyo Hall, 655 Broad...
View ArticleGoFundMe Launches $100,000 “We Love Teachers” Fundraising Initiative During...
GoFundMe, the world’s largest social fundraising platform, has launched a $100,000 “We Love Teachers” fundraising contest, a national initiative to support K-12 teachers. GoFundMe will donate $1,000 to...
View ArticleGNEC To Host 6th Annual Opportunities & Awards Breakfast
Greater Newark Enterprises Corporation will host the 6th Annual Opportunities and Awards Breakfast on June 16th at NJIT’s campus center at 150 Bleeker Street in Newark, NJ. Entrepreneurs and...
View ArticleA Business Breakfast With The East Orange Chamber Of Commerce
East Orange, NJ. – On Saturday June 17, 2017, the East Orange Chamber of Commerce (EOCC) is holding a business breakfast at the East Orange Senior Citizen Center. The breakfast reintroduces the chamber...
View ArticleMayor Baraka And Trust For Public Land Announce $750K In Federal Funding For...
Mayor Ras J. Baraka and the Trust for Public Land announced that Newark has received $750,000 from the National Park Service to build the final phase of Jesse Allen Park. The money comes from the...
View ArticleDisney Throws Its Hat Into The Streaming Video Service Ring
The Walt Disney Company this week announced that it has agreed to acquire majority ownership of BAMTech, LLC and will launch its ESPN-branded multi-sport video streaming service in early 2018, followed...
View ArticleNetflix Acquires Comic Book Publisher Millarworld
Netflix Inc. announced that it has acquired Millarworld, the comic book publishing powerhouse founded by Mark Millar, the legendary creator of such iconic characters and stories as Kick-Ass, Kingsman,...
View ArticleCity of Newark Launches First Crowdfunding Platform For Women Entrepreneurs
Mayor Ras J. Baraka, Newark Community Economic Development Corporation President and CEO Aisha Glover, and iFundWomen Founder and CEO Karen Cahn launched iFundWomen Newark, the first crowdfunding...
View Article$1 Million Grant Awarded to AeroFarms for Research to Improve Quality of...
The Foundation for Food and Agriculture Research (FFAR), a nonprofit organization established through bipartisan congressional support in the 2014 Farm Bill, announced a Seeding Solutions grant awarded...
View ArticleVolvo Cars and Geely Holdings Invest $756M to Develop Polestar
Today, Volvo Cars, and its owner Geely Holding, announced that they will jointly invest RMB 5 billion (640 million EUR, approximately $756 million USD) to support the initial phase of Polestar’s...
View ArticlePrudential Boosts Newark Nonprofits With $30M in Grants
A long-awaited community center in Newark’s Fairmount Park, a state-of-the-art synthetic turf field in the Central Ward, and arts programs in Clinton Hill are among 17 beneficiaries of $30 million in...
View ArticleBallantine Brewery Acquired by Turnbridge Equities For $61M
Turnbridge Equities, together with JP Morgan Asset Management, announced the acquisition of the former Ballantine Brewery at 400 Ferry Street in the Ironbound neighborhood in January 2019. Since...
View ArticleUnited Way of Essex and West Hudson to Present Bank On Newark Financial...
The Bank On Newark Financial Inclusion Summit will bring together members of the Newark Asset Building Coalition (NABC), financial institution partners, local government leaders and community members...
View ArticleMocafi Hosts Wealth Summit And Announces Groundbreaking Partnership Venture...
Mobility Capital Finance, a fintech company with a presence in both Newark (NJ) and Harlem (NYC), hosted a summit focused on the growing societal challenges of wealth inequality and the impact of...
View ArticleCity of Newark to Begin New 8-week Language of Capital Series To Teach...
Mayor Ras J. Baraka and President and CEO of the Newark Community Economic Development Corporation (NCEDC) Bernel Hall announced today that the City of Newark is partnering with NCEDC and PNC Bank to...
View ArticleBank of America Commits $1M to Rutgers-Newark’s Honors Living-Learning Community
Bank of America has committed $1 million over a four-year period, commencing fall 2019, to support transfer students in the Honors Living-Learning Community (HLLC) at Rutgers University–Newark. The...
View ArticleWeWork Pursues IPO Amid Valuation Concerns
The We Company, owner of the coworking company WeWork, plans to proceed with a series of meetings to allow top executives to have the opportunity to talk with current or potential investors for its...
View ArticleHollister Construction Services, LLC Files For Chapter Eleven Protection
Hollister Construction Services LLC, the prominent building firm based in Parsippany, New Jersey has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection, it announced today. Hollister Construction Services...
View ArticleNew Jersey Announces Funding to Expand Small Business Exporting
The New Jersey Office of Export Promotion announced today that it has been awarded $900,000 in federal funds for a program that supports small-business owners looking to export goods. New Jersey...
View ArticleSoftbank Bids for Majority Stake in WeWork at $8 Billion Valuation
SoftBank Group Corp. has offered to take a majority stake in WeWork. Investment bank JPMorgan Chase & Co. has been preparing a separate financing package to present to the WeWork board. Reportedly,...
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